End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013

End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013 - Amends: (1) the federal criminal code to expand the scope of prohibitions against sex trafficking to include patronizing or soliciting a commercial sex act with a victim of sex trafficking, and (2) the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the definition of "sex trafficking" to include patronizing or soliciting a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.

Directs the Attorney General to ensure that all task forces and working groups within the Innocence Lost National Initiative engage in activities, programs, or operations to increase the investigative capabilities of state and local law enforcement officers in the detection, investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize or solicit children for sex.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2805 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2805

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the range of conduct 
          punished as sex trafficking, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2013

Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
   Granger, and Mr. Nolan) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the range of conduct 
          punished as sex trafficking, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End Sex Trafficking Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. FIGHTING DEMAND FOR SEX TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--Section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``or maintains'' and 
        inserting ``maintains, patronizes, or solicits'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``or obtained'' and 
        inserting ``obtained, patronized, or solicited'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``or obtained'' and 
        inserting ``obtained, patronized, or solicited''; and
            (4) in subsection (c), by striking ``or maintained'' and 
        inserting ``, maintained, patronized, or solicited''.
    (b) Definition Amended.--Section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)) is amended by striking ``or 
obtaining'' and inserting ``obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting''.

SEC. 3. TARGETING OFFENDERS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall ensure that all task forces and working 
groups within the Innocence Lost National Initiative engage in 
activities, programs, or operations to increase the investigative 
capabilities of State and local law enforcement officers in the 
detection, investigation, and prosecution of persons who patronize, or 
solicit children for sex.
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